A little behind the times...

Here we go... From what I remember, April was a little dull, so we'll just skip it and move right on to May.

May was a big month in our family, Nick's Great Aunt Bea passed away. She was 95 & will be sorely missed. To celebrate Bea's life, Nick's family rented a 47 ft. Beneteau, sailed by our resident skipper, Jason Owens, Nick's cousin-in-law. We set sail from Long Beach in the POURING rain. The rain finally died down & once we were out far enough, we released the ashes in a flurry of flowers. As weird or morbid as it may sound, it was a really nice way to say goodbye. Afterward we met the rest of the family at McKenna's on the Bay restaurant. A nice relaxing family lunch, exactly what Bea wanted.

One word: Dolphins. Dolphins started back up again for Marley. For those of you not in the "know" Dolphins is a swim team at our community club that goes from May to the end of July. It's a lot of fun, a lot of work, and over in a flash. It seems, that Marley's best stroke is becoming the butterfly! We are very proud of her, especially since this year the team has a new coach & is much more competitive, which means a lot more work for Marley. To help give her more of an advantage for next season, we are thinking of putting her in year-round swim club. She seems to be all for it. Also another important tidbit about Marley: She had a class project to make an alien. Well, my daughter being the animal lover that she is, decided to make an alien dog! It was the cutest thing you ever saw. Marley & Nick made it and she named it WallE after the popular robot movie that is out this summer. I have to remember to post pictures, it is so darn cute!!!

As for Ty, aka Mr. Athletic, he learned how to ride his bike w/o training wheels!!!! It took him 2-3 tries and he was off & has been going ever since. Ty also has taken up tennis. Grandma Schrunk is placing all her tennis hopes on him, so she signed him up & takes him to tennis lessons once a week. He loves it & is doing really well. He is really excited to finally be in an organized sport like his Sissy. Only 3 more months until he is 5 and he can join Little League, which he is dying to do.

May has also been the month of baseball games for us. Nick's company has season tickets for the Dodgers & Angels we seemed to occupy those seats a lot. Much to Nick's disappointment, we frequent the Angels games a lot more than the Dodgers, but can you blame me? The Dodgers are an hour away and to avoid traffic we have to leave HOURS ahead of time, whereas the Angels are 20 min away! Besides, the Angels clientele are much more "family friendly" and well, the Dodgers are... scary. Sorry, Dodger fans, but from a prissy OC girls POV, it's true.

We have now concluded the month of May. I will hopefully post pics & enlighten you all on June very soon.